The study aimed at investigating the relationship between peer pressure and early marriages in Uganda but with focus on Kakumiro District Local Government. The study was guided by both main and specific objectives as well as research questions which were the basis for the research findings. The researcher used both primary and secondary sources as well as methods of data collection to generate as much information as possible. The researcher was constrained with a number of factors such as the covid-19 pandemic which limited her physical contacts with the reliable respondents as well as the financial constraints that limited her movements to collect data from different sources scattered across the geographical area. However, the study found out that there is a close correlation between peer pressure and early marriages as many teenagers are driven into unwanted marriages by the influence exerted on them by their peers in their communities. The sample size was 40 respondents. These included 10 staffs of Kakumiro district,10 officials of the civil society and 10 community members including a sample of school dropouts and 10 school officials. It was observed that the majority of the respondents strongly agreed (60%) that there was a close correlation between peer pressure and early marriages among the school going children, 30% of the respondents agreed that peer pressure led to early marriage among the school going children, 6% of the respondents disagreed that peer pressure led to early marriages by citing other reasons, while 4% disagreed strongly that peer pressure cannot led to early marriage among the school going children. The government should facilitate fully all agencies involved in the education and hasten the fight against peer pressure as well as fighting early marriages for efficient monitoring and supervision including civil society so as to harmonize their efforts and initiatives towards the fight against the vice.

The general purpose of the study was to determine the effect of poverty on the academic performance of students in secondary schools. The specific objectives were; To examine the effect of feeding on the academic performance of the students in Wakiso district. To establish the influence of parents’ income on the academic performance of students in Wakiso district and to investigate the impact of school facilities and equipment’s on the students’ academic performance Wakiso district. According to the findings, there is a significant relationship between academic performance and poverty under feeding conditions, provision of school facilities and equipment’s and home related factors. The study inferred that poverty affects academic performance of students and the day-to-day management of the school. The study found out that poor feeding conditions affect the performance of students as most of the respondents agreed with this statement. From the study it is evident that parents do not have stable sources of income as they don’t pay fees in time and giving enough health facilities to students and also the study revealed that that Poverty leads to poor provision of school facilities and equipment’s especially health facilities which negatively affects students’ academic Performance. The study generally recommended that the government should gear Poverty eradication programs among parents in order to eliminate poverty among parents as this generally affects the academic performance of the students.

This study sought to investigate the impact of sexual harassment on performance of students in higher institution. This study was supported by the secondary objectives to assess the effects of sexual harassment on the performance of students in Nyarukema secondary school, Kyenjojo district, to determine gender differences in perceptions of sexually harassing behaviour in Nyarukema secondary school, Kyenjojo district and to determine the prevalent forms of sexual harassment in different learning environments in Nyarukema secondary school, Kyenjojo district. The study applied descriptive design that employed self-administered questionnaires, and semi-structured interviews. Quantitative data was analyzed using the Statistical Packages of Social Sciences (SPSS) version 11.5 while qualitative data was analyzed and presented thematically. Findings indicated that Sexual Harassment has got various effects on the performance of female students in tertiary institutions. Such effects on victims of sexual harassment are far reaching and can be devastating in both the immediate situation and in the long run. They reduce the quality of education and diminish academic achievement. The researcher therefore recommends that mass sensitization programme extending to the grass root levels is of utmost importance. Education in the nature and effects of sexual harassment ought to be provided to both males and females.

The poor quality of English, both spoken and written, of Ugandans in general, and of our students in particular, has become a source of worry to many well-meaning educationists, parents and the general public. Several reasons have been given for the falling standards. Included among them are reading habits, poor teaching, inadequate library facilities, decline in the teaching of subject and the de-emphasis of the mother tongue as the medium of instruction. There are those who believe that the use of the mother tongue at the basic level of education helps the learner to relate similar grammatical concepts in the L1 to those of the English Language. Much as the aforementioned could be said to be accountable, there is a fundamental phenomenon that acts as the underlying cause of the problem. The role that academic performance and attitude of the learners plays in the acquisition of skills in English has, over the years, been terribly ignored. The perception of students, teachers, policy makers, and the larger community, which includes parents, has played a considerable role in bringing about the fall in the standard of English. This study investigates the extent to which the fall in the standards of English could be attributed to attitudes and academic performance. The study has revealed that a serious disconnection exists between the needs of students and the solutions that are being used to raise the standard of English Language among learners. The study also reveals that, in most cases, parents, teachers and policymakers cannot escape blame for the problem either for their action or inaction regarding the promotion of the learning of the language. Though the study may have identified other reasons for the decline in the standards of English, the study focuses, to a large extent, on the very attitude and academic performance of the learner. It has suggested ways of developing positive academic performance and attitudes towards the language. These suggestions include sound approaches to the teaching and learning of the language. The approach is carved in a manner that would make English more attractive to learners thus leading to attitudinal and performance change, which in turn would lead to enhanced performance of learners in English.